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WEDNESDAY,
NOVEMBER 15, 2006
The Home Journal's
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ON DECK
High school
Football
Friday
■ Lee County at Northside, 7:30
p.m.
■ Houston County at Newnan,
7:30 p.m.
■ Perry at Cairo, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday
■ Mundy’s Mill at Warner Robins,
7:30 p.m.
High school
Basketball
Thursday
■ Westfield girls at Central
Fellowship tourney, teams and
times to be determined
Friday
■ Westfield girls at Central
Fellowship tourney, teams and
times to be determined
Saturday
■ Westfield girls at Central
Fellowship tourney, teams and
times to be determined
■ Warner Robins and Northside
at Ladies Night Out tourney in
Griffin, teams and times to be
determined
Monday
■ Warner Robins and Northside
at Ladies Night Out tourney in
Griffin, teams and times to be
determined
High school
Swimming
Saturday
■ Warner Robins and Perry at
the Sixth Annual Blue Devil Invite
in Columbus, time to be deter
mined
IN BRIEF
Perry Youth Wrestling
Club sets registration
The Perry Youth Wrestling
Club will be hold registration
Dec. 5 at 5:30 p.m. in the Perry
High School multi-purpose
building.
All students ages 5-14 are
eligible. The cost is S2O which
includes a club T-shirt.
Also, each wrestler will be
required to purchase a USA
wrestling card on-line prior to
the first practice. The card is
$35. Cards can be purchased at
Team Georgia Wrestling at the
website www.themat.com.
The club will also be selling
wrestling singlets for S3O for the
ones who want to compete at
the local tournaments.
The club will meet Tuesdays
and Thursdays (practice begins
Dec. 5). Any day that school is
closed due to inclement weather
or winter holidays, there will be
no practice. For further informa
tion, call Coach Randy Moss at
988-6291.
Also, the club will hold a golf
tournament fund-raiser Dec.
16 at Perry Country Club and
the Perry Takedown Classic
Wrestling Tournament will be
held Feb. 10.
Warner Robins playoff
tickets go on sale
General admission tickets
- and any reserved seat tick
ets left over from a Monday
sale - for the Demons’ Saturday
playoff game against Mundy’s
Mill will be on sale in the front
office at the school.
All tickets, reserved and gen
eral admission, are SB.
Waterford to hold Junior
Golf Clinic
Waterford Golf Course will
hold a Junior Golf Clinic Nov.
20-21. Times are: 10-11:15 for
ages 5-10; 11:45 a. m.-1 p.m. for
those ages 11 and up. The cost
is SSO which includes lunch for
both day, prizes and more. Visit
the course to sign up.
Prep Sports + to air
cheerleader competition
Prep Sports + announced
it will air the GHSA State
Cheerleading Championship
Thursday at 7:30 p.m., Friday
at 6 p.m. and Sunday at
12:30 p.m. on Georgia Public
Broadcasting. Perry placed sec
ond at the championship.
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Perry quarterback Casey Hayward gets a little help from a friend - alias Tay Brown, who
is blocking - in the Panthers’ win over Northeast Nov. 3. Perry will travel and play Cairo
in the first round of the state tournament Friday.
Peppy ppeps fop Caipo
By MATTHEW BROWN
Journal Sports Writer
One point.
That’s wh@t separates
Cairo High
School from
winning the
Region 1-
AAA foot
ball cham
pion s h i p
this season.
For the 9-1
Perry at Cairo,
Friday, 7:30 p.m.
Syrupmakers, that only loss
was a 19-18 overtime defeat
at the hands of Monroe High
of Albany, which used that
upset to steal away the top
seed of 1-AAA in the GHSA
championship bracket.
So Cairo, a ranked team
in the AAA classification all
season, has to settle for the
second seed, which means
only one guaranteed home
game in the playoffs. That
comes on Friday, and it is
against a Perry High School
Panther squad, which
is looking to build on the
Schools make a run at state championship
Special to the Journal
Warner Robins, Houston
County, Northside and Perry
each qualified teams for the
state cross country champi
onship held this Saturday in
Carrollton.
Both Warner Robins
and Houston County and
Northside each sent its girls
and boys teams while Perry
its boys.
For the Demonettes and
the Lady Bears in AAAAA,
Houston County finished
17th and Warner Robins
18th. Collins Hill was the
top team finisher overall,
Locals to compete in senior tourney
Special to the Journal
Aubrey Walker of Perry,
Hal Baker of Bonaire and
David Smith, Ron Baggett
and Eddie Wiggins all of
Warner Robins are among
those listed to compete
in the Georgia Stage Golf
Association’s 15th Annual
Sports
Directions to Friday’s Perry High GHSA playoff football
game at Cairo High School.
D Take 1-75 south to Cordele.
0 Exit off interstate at Ga. Hwy. 300 going towards Albany.
0 As you enter Albany, turn right on Clarke Ave. (landmarks
are BP Station on immediate left and Miller Brewery on right).
0 Proceed west 2to 3 miles on Clarke to U.S. 19 South.
0 Take U.S. 19 South through Camilla, then another 14 miles
you come to Ga. Hwy. 111.
0 Turn right on Ga. Hwy. 111 West and go about 16 miles to
U.S. Hwy. 84.
0 Turn left onto U.S. Hwy. 84 towards Cairo.
0 As you enter Cairo there will be a Burger King on the right.
At that point, turn right on Fifth Street. Cairo High is on the left
about two miles down.
momentum of three straight
home wins.
The latest victory for the
Panthers came last Friday
at Herb St. John Stadium by
a 27-0 win against Spalding
High. That win assured
Perry, which finished sec
ond in the 4-AAA south sub
region, of a spot in the tour
nament. When Nortlieast-
Macon beat Mary Persons,
the runner-up of the north
followed by South Forsyth
and Brookwood.
Individually, Brittney
Stewart, who finished .sev
enth, led the Demonettes.
“Brittney ran a great
race,” said Warner Robins
head coach David Erpelding,
“and still made the top 10
back to back years, which
I think is a first for a girl
in Houston County. “This
is (also) the first time that
both the Warner Robins
teams were in the top 20 in
the same year.
“I feel that we are making
great strides in the sport of
cross country and hope one
Georgia Senior Four-Ball
Tournament today-Friday at
the Lakes at Laura S. Walker,
Waycross & Okefenokee
Country Club, Blackshear.
The format for the tour
ney is 18 holes of four-ball
stroke play each day.
The field of 96 two-man
sub-region, in another 4-
AAA play-in game, the Perry
Panthers stepped up a spot
to the No. 3 seed.
Cairo High knows about
big-game situations in
football. Among the nine
victories is a pair against
Class AAAA clubs, Thomas
County-Central (31-7) and
Bainbridge (30-13). Perry
head coach Andy Scott
See PERRY, page iB
day we will be able to be
in the top four at the state
meet.
“There were 4 teams in the
top 20 at the state meet this
year from Houston County
and I do feel this is a first.
For the boys in AAAAA,
Warner Robins finished 20th
and Houston County 31st.
Parkview was the overall
winner there. The Panthers
were chased in the top three
by Walton and Brookwood.
At the AAAA level, the
Lady Eagles finished
21st overall. Lakeview-
Ft. Oglethorpe was first,
See RUN, page iB
teams is divided into five
flights by handicap index.
The Championship flight
will compete at Lakes at
Laura S. Walker with the
first through fourth flights
playing at Okefenokee
Country Club.
See SENIOR, page yB
No shortage of toleot or
youth ooiong county's best
All-Houston County
SOFTBALL
By DON MONCRIEF
Journal Sports Editor
How do you know you have an awesome All-Houston
County fast-pitch team - and even better, a sound crop of
talent for the future?
Simple. Look at the mix. In it you will find not only
members of the Georgia Independent School Association’s
AAA state champions - Westfield - but also players for two
teams - Warner Robins and Houston County - that made
it all the way to the Georgia High School Association’s
Elite Eight.
Those are pretty select groups in their own right, and
as far as the future, 10 of the 26 names submitted are
sophomores. Six are juniors and three are freshmen so
that means there are only seven seniors on the list,
The bad news for us (in a “good news” sort of way) is it
was almost impossible narrowing the list down to a first
and second team this year (every name had a legitimate
argument for, and you can see we simply could not get
either team down to nine). The good news for the players
is it’s going to be even harder (for us - but we’ll enjoy the
challenge) next year - and then some.
All-Houston County Fast-pitch
First Team
• Bethany Crenshaw, Houston County
• Chelsea Burroughs, Houston County
• Ashlee Burkett, Houston County
• Amber Conlon, Warner Robins
• Sam Snipes, Warner Robins
• Kristin Graham, Warner Robins
• Allison Dickey, Northside
• Crystal Greer, Perry
• Ashton Jones, Perry
• Kelsey Gilliam, Westfield
• Audrey Clearman, Westfield
• Jennifer Wrye, Westfield
• Mason Moreland, Westfield
Second Team
• Kourtny Thomas, Houston County
• Brianna Hancock, Houston County
• Sarah Ling, Houston County
• Katie Farinelli, Warner Robins
• Cherie White, Warner Robins
• Jensen Barrett, Warner Robins
• Kittery Maine, Warner Robins
• Taelor Bousman, Northside
• Kristen Smith, Northside
• Kim Dominy, Northside
• Marla Patterson, Perry
• Ashley Craddock, Perry
• Daryl Ann Thompson, Westfield
First Team
• Bethany Crenshaw
School: Houston County
Year: Senior
Position: Second base
Impact: Hit .275. She had 25 hits in 91 at bats. She
also had an on-base percentage of .309 and scored 20
runs. She was a key member in helping Houston County
qualify for the AAAAA state tournament (Elite Eight).
“Bethany was our only senior,” Griffin said. “She
showed leadership on and off the field, at practice and
at games. She made some outstanding plays in the field
and only made six errors all year. She was an Honorable
Mention on the 2005 All-region team.”
• Chelsea Burroughs
School: Houston County
Position: Pitcher
Impact: Recorded a pitching record of 16-2 and had an
earned run average of .042.
She was a key member in helping Houston County
qualify for the AAAAA state tournament (Elite Eight).
# Ashlee Burkett
School: Houston County
Year: Sophomore
Position: Catcher
Impact: Hit .419. She had 39 hits in 93 at bats includ
ing eight doubles, three triples and two home runs.
She also drove in 30 runners. Of particular note: In the
Sectional tournament she hit .775 and was a key member
in helping Houston County qualify for the AAAAA state
tournament (Elite Eight).
She had less than five strikeouts for the year, said Lady
Bears head coach Cristi Griffin.
“She is a tremendous catcher,” Griffin said. “She was
voted to the first team All-region team her freshman
year.”
• Amber Conlon
School: Warner Robins
Year: Senior
Position: Pitcher/infielder
Impact: Hit .378 with eight doubles, two triples and
one home run. She had a .899 fielding percentage (64-72).
She also scored 18 runs and had 26 RBI.
On the mound, she was 8-0-1 with 60 strikeouts and
was a key member in helping Warner Robins qualify for
the AAAAA state tournament.
“Amber has played everywhere for me in four years,”
said Demonette head coach Brenda Arnett. “(She’s
a) great kid to have on the team and will be greatly
missed.”
• Sam Snipes
School: Warner Robins
Year: Senior
Position: Outfield
Impact: Hit .241 with three doubles and two triples.
See BEST, page 2B
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